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Iphigenia in Tauris, modern-day Crimea
Iphigenia in Tauris (Ancient Greek: Iphigeneia en Taurois) is a drama by the playwright Euripides, written between 414 BC and 412 BC. Although Wikipedia states that 'there...
First Sputnik was launched Oct. 4, 1957. Korolev, Glushko were two...
Asif Azam Siddiqi is a professor of history with a specialization in the history of science and technology. When the Soviet archives opened in the 1990s,...
W.H. Chamberlin Eyewitness Account of Holodomor 1932-33 in Ukraine
William Henry Chamberlin (1897 – 1969) was an American historian and journalist. He was the author of several books about the Cold War, communism, and foreign policy,...
Scythian Physiognomy
The images are of the fist two warriors portrayed on vessel from the Gaimanova Mogila kurgan. First, you may want to read about the...
Igor Sikorsky’s First Trial Helicopter Assembled in Kyiv in 1909
"As time went on, I became well acquainted with the various aeronautical engines, having spent much time in a few factories, and finally made...
‘Ukraine – Pays des Cossaques’ Map of 1670, Putin’s Geographic Blunder
May 23, 2023. "Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday cited a 17th-Century map of Europe to back his discredited thesis that Ukraine isn't a real...
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Every Russian is responsible for creating ‘the stinking swamp of a...
"This realm of darkness, of falsehood, or brute force, of justice denied and distrust of the good, this slimy swamp was formed by us,...
It’s Kyiv Rus correct not Kievan Rus
Kyiv not Kiev "In June 2019, at the request of the United States Department of State, the Embassy of Ukraine to the United States, and Ukrainian organizations...
Five Myths About Chornobyl, – Washington Post
"More than three decades ago, a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukrainian republic of the Soviet Union exploded. A...
Trump’s demand for rare earth from Ukraine draws criticism worldwide and...
“We have to get something. We can’t continue to pay this money,” U.S. president said as quoted by Politico in Trump demands $500B in...
The Sea Peoples: Birds Followers?
In that short passage in the Iliad about the cranes flying from winter plains to the pigmies in the south there is so much...
World’s Strongest Plane – Ukrainian AN-124 Ruslan | Mega Machines
"The world's largest production cargo plane must carry a record-breaking load in a race against the clock. The Antonov 124 is an air...
Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s family original last name was Chaika (Seagull) and it...
PyoTchaikovsky wrote more than 30 compositions while in Ukraine, because - "I found a feeling of peace in my soul, which I couldn't find...
Old Scythia of Herodotus. Where was it? How old could it...
"Old Scythia starts from the Ister and continues, facing the south and south wind, up to the city called Kerkinitis. From there, extending...
Most titled football player of the former USSR returns as Dynamo...
"Mikhailichenko began his football career in the youth system of Dynamo Kyiv and made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1981 being...
Athenian-type helmet from Scythian barrow in Ukraine
In 1845, near the village of Zvenyhorodka in the Cherkasy oblast of Ukraine, a notable barrow was opened. The barrow was different from the...
Map of Ukraine from the Paris Peace Conference in 1919
The map is surprisingly close to the borders of Kyiv Rus 1000 years ago. At that time, the area of present-day "Russia" was a...